After viewing blooming Red Buds in Virginia in April, I was inspired to make a quilt. I thought I’d have a difficult time depicting them from a distance, so I decided to feature their blossoms close up. To that end, I took a bunch of photos.
Gorgeous, right?
I think it’s so interesting the way the blossoms pop directly out of the bark.
I spent quite a bit of time merging and resizing photos on the computer and finally came up with this as a sketch.
The sky and branches should be pretty straight forward, but what about those blossoms? I think some experimenting will be in order.
Ellen Lindner
P.S. Check out some of the other flowers I’ve created in this gallery.
I love redbuds but have never seen one up close–just enjoy them when they bloom in the neighborhood. I never realized the blooms pop out of the trunk! My next-door neighbor has one that I’ll be certain to go and examine up close next spring! Your gallery is wonderful. I was impressed with the quilts as well as your ability to create a gallery after I’ve spent days working on the opening page slide show on our guild site! (www.pinebeltquilters.com) Still don’t have it right.
Hi Martha, I must admit that my decision to depict a Red Bud tree up close was because I thought it would be hard to do it justice from afar.
Thanks for the compliments on my gallery. Like you, I had QUITE a learning curve when first tackling these things. I feel for you: it can be VERY daunting. I know your work ethic, though, so I’m sure it will be perfect when you finish.